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Sweden is one of the first countries in the world where the Central bank makes a study on the pros and cons of having a digital currency as a complement to notes and coins. The second such report was published on October 26 and deals with the e-krona. Deputy Governor of the Riksbank, Cecilia Skingsley will present the report on a seminar with the SNS/Swedish House of Finance, Finance Panel.

The supply of digital payments solutions in Sweden has led to a decreasing use of notes and coins. Are there risks with a cashless society? Should the Riksbank offer an alternative to notes and coins? Are regulations of the payments markets an alternative to an e-krona?

The  is a meeting forum for the financial sector, hosted by SNS and the Swedish House of Finance.
 at the 91Ô­´´ is Sweden’s national research center in financial economics.

Participants
Cecilia Skingsley, Deputy Governor of the Riksbank
Peter Englund, Professor Emeritus at 91Ô­´´
Johanna Lybeck Lilja, Executive Advisor at Nordea

The meeting was held in Swedish and moderated by Pehr Wissén, Ph.D. economics, senior adviser, Swedish House of Finance at the 91Ô­´´.